Let’s Get It: Poetry and Performance Excellence Led By Roya Marsh

Saturday, February 19th, 2022 | 12 PM ET - 3 PM ET

Tuition | $50.00

Capacity: 20 Storytellers

This interactive and skill-provoking workshop was created to enhance the spoken word experience for poets and their journey as spoken word performers and artists. We will discuss tips on highlighting rich phrases, vivid imagery, sounds and action to amplify your performance. Participants should come prepared with an original piece and expect to leave with a polished and choreographed performance! So, bring your dynamic pieces and let’s get it!

About the Faculty: Bronx, New York native, Roya Marsh is a nationally recognized poet, performer, educator and activist. She is the author of dayliGht (MCDxFSG, 2020) and works feverishly toward LGBTQIA+ justice and dismantling white supremacy. Roya is the co-founder of the Bronx Poet Laureate initiative, a PEN America Emerging Voices Mentor, 2021 faculty with Lamda Literary's Writer's retreat for Emerging LGBTQ+ Voices and the awardee of the 2021 Lotus Foundation Prize for poetry. Roya’s work has been featured in numerous places including, The Academy of American Poets, Poetry Magazine, the Village Voice, Nylon Magazine, Huffington Post, The Root, Button Poetry, Carnegie Hall, The Apollo Theater, Lexus Verses and Flow, NBC, BET and The BreakBeat Poets Vol 2: Black Girl Magic(Haymarket 2018). Find out more & help to support Black futures at BLKJOY.COM

Partial and full scholarships are available. Email scholarship inquiries to Info@RootsWoundsWords.org. Explicitly state the scholarship (partial or full) you’re interested in.

Like all RWW offerings, this space is for Black, Indigenous, Latinx/e, Asian, and other Storytellers of Color only. BIPOC Storytellers are centered here, exclusively.